More than a thousand mountain folk from Great Snow Mountain arrived in Jade City at precisely the right time. The entire city was working hard to erase the traces left by Golden Peng Fortress, and currying favor with Great Snow Mountain was one of the most important methods.
Faced with groups of Jade City residents surging out with gifts in their hands, the guests from Great Snow Mountain thought they were under attack. The men swung their heavy swords, the women drew their short blades, and they swiftly entered battle formation.
It was only a minor interlude. Later, it was treated as a symbol of the Great Snow Mountain people's simplicity and innocence, rather than as rude and uncouth behavior.
The last clan leader of Luoshen Peak in Great Snow Mountain, Long Qingying, had died long ago. With no successor, the entire tribe was left with only a hundred or so elderly people and women. Before his death, the old clan leader had entrusted an old companion with conveying his apologies to the Dragon King, because he had failed to keep his promise and select and send the required number of swordsmen on time.
Two years earlier, Gu Shenwei had led his army south and disappeared for several months. That was when the Dragon Army and Great Snow Mountain lost contact with each other.
There were not many swordsmen who came this time, only a little over four hundred. The rest were women and children who had come to see their husbands and confirm whether the men who had gone out to make their way in the world were still alive. Most received disappointing news.
Gu Shenwei had returned at exactly the right time. He personally received this group and selected several dozen youths under the age of eighteen from